2017 Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament March Madness Schedule Released

On Sunday, March 12, March Madness officially kicked off with the announcement of the brackets!  The  Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament kicks off on Tuesday, but really starts heating up on Tuesday the 16th.  The four No.1 seeds belong defending champion Villanova, North Carolina, Kansas and Gonzaga.   There wasn’t too much in the way of controversy as brackets were announced outside of the Duke and North Carolina rivalry playing out on the bracket.  Duke was given a two seed.  That had a lot of fans scratching their heads as Duke had a better record over North Carolina.

Northwestern earned their first ever invitation to the tournament.

Selection Committee chairman Mark Hollis said after the bracket was revealed, “By far, I can say with 100 percent certainty that this is the most competitive bracket I’ve seen [in his five years on the committee].”

2017 March Madness Schedule

First Four

Games (First Four)	Date	Game Site	Time (ET)	Network
New Orleans vs. Mt. St. Mary’s	March 14	Dayton, Ohio	6:40 p.m.	truTV
Wake Forest vs. Kansas State	March 14	Dayton, Ohio	9:10 p.m.	truTV
N.C. Central vs. UC Davis	March 15	Dayton, Ohio	6:40 p.m.	truTV
Providence vs. USC	March 15	Dayton, Ohio	9:10 p.m.	truTV

First Round (Round of 64), Thursday, March 16

Games (Round of 64)	Date	Game Site	Time (ET)	Network
Notre Dame vs. Princeton	March 16	Buffalo	12:15 p.m.	CBS
Virginia vs. UNC-Wilmington	March 16	Orlando	12:40 p.m.	truTV
Butler vs. Winthrop	March 16	Milwaukee	1:30 p.m.	TNT
Gonzaga vs. South Dakota St.	March 16	Salt Lake City	2:00 p.m.	TBS
West Virginia vs. Bucknell	March 16	Buffalo	2:45 p.m.	CBS
Florida vs. E. Tennessee St.	March 16	Orlando	3:10 p.m.	truTV
Minnesota vs. Middle Tenn St.	March 16	Milwaukee	4:00 p.m.	TNT
Northwestern vs. Vanderbilt	March 16	Salt Lake City	4:30 p.m.	TBS
Maryland vs. Xavier	March 16	Orlando	6:50 p.m.	TNT
Villanova vs. Mt. St Mary’s/New Orleans	March 16	Buffalo	7:10 p.m.	CBS
St. Mary’s (CA) vs. VCU	March 16	Salt Lake City	7:20 p.m.	TBS
Purdue vs. Vermont	March 16	Milwaukee	7:27 p.m.	truTV
Florida State vs. Florida Gulf Coast	March 16	Orlando	9:20 p.m.	TNT
Wisconsin vs. Virginia Tech	March 16	Buffalo	9:40 p.m.	CBS
Arizona vs. North Dakota	March 16	Salt Lake City	9:50 p.m.	TBS
Iowa State vs. Nevada	March 16	Milwaukee	9:57 p.m.	truTV

First Round (Round of 64), Friday, March 17

Games (Round of 64)	Date	Game Site	Time (ET)	Network
Michigan vs. Oklahoma State	March 17	Indianapolis	12:15 p.m.	CBS
Baylor vs. New Mexico State	March 17	Tulsa	12:40 p.m.	truTV
Arkansas vs. Seton Hall	March 17	Greenville	1:30 p.m.	TNT
Oregon vs. Iona	March 17	Sacramento	2:00 p.m.	TBS
Louisville vs. Jacksonville St.	March 17	Indianapolis	2:45 p.m.	CBS
SMU vs. Providence/USC	March 17	Tulsa	3:10 p.m.	truTV
North Carolina vs. Texas Southern	March 17	Greenville	4:00 p.m.	TNT
Creighton vs. Rhode Island	March 17	Sacramento	4:30 p.m.	TBS
Kansas vs. NC-Central/UC Davis	March 17	Tulsa	6:50 p.m.	TNT
Dayton vs. Wichita State	March 17	Indianapolis	7:10 p.m.	CBS
Duke vs. Troy	March 17	Greenville	7:20 p.m.	TBS
Cincinnati vs. Kansas St./Wake Forest	March 17	Sacramento	7:27 p.m.	truTV
Miami (FL) vs. Michigan State	March 17	Tulsa	9:20 p.m.	TNT
Kentucky vs. N. Kentucky	March 17	Indianapolis	9:40 p.m.	CBS
South Carolina vs. Marquette	March 17	Greenville	9:50 p.m.	TBS
UCLA vs. Kent State	March 17	Sacramento	9:57 p.m.	truTV

National Semifinals (Final Four) Saturday, April 1

National Championship Game